More French Proverbs

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Other Proverbs

Do you want to see a wolf with young (i.e. an insatiable plu... (Spanish) >>

A buxom widow must be married, buried, or cloistered.... (Spanish) >>

All men are fools, but all fools are not men.... (American) >>

From a thorn comes a rose, and from a rose comes a thorn... (Spanish) >>

Love is like war, begin when you like and leave off when you... (Spanish) >>

The hen ought not to cackle in presence of the cock.

- French Proverb